Mr. Opus McDopus wrote:
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Serious question:

Specifically, why is a regulation that, at the minimum:

1) shows respect for a wild animal

No, I doubt very seriously that regs are in place to show respect for fish.

2) improves the quality of fishng and the health of the fishery

Yes, I would hope so.

3) creates a defensible position for the future of angling

Yes, again.


A "hair-brained" scheme?

Yes!


Also, I am NOT the one ramming this down anyones's throats.

Yes you are. You yourself call trout fishing a sport. If you believe that
from it's inception that fly or any other form of fishing has been solely
about sustenance, you would be wrong. "Sport" of all kind has been with us
since man recognised his passion for competition, regardless of who or what
he competed against.

In the 2006
Colorado fishing pamphlet there are more and more rivers under
ridiculous regulations and 'Catch and Release Recommended" signs
erected by trout unlimited mavens along the stream. This is an absolute
attack on me as an angler.

How? "Catch and Release Recommended" is not a pohibition on catch and kill!

I do NOT support the current 'trend' in
flyfishing regulations where the 'conservation leaders' have the BALLS
to espouse angling 'competitions' on the public, moving waters of
Colorado and then lie that it is 'for conservation'.

Who said that you had to? I've had all sorts of things "recommended" to me
that I was not inclined to follow.

No way should we
use a wild animal like this and no way will I buy the spooge these
people are selling.

Are you a donating PETA member? If you are not donating to their cause, you
surely should be.

But, please, do NOT say that I am forcing anything
down anyone's throats, just the opposite, I am protecting my right to
fish to catch, kill and eat fish.

Come to NC. There are many *wild* trout stream in our national forests that
are catch and kill friendly.

Op


Thanks,

TBone


You seriously underestimate me Op. Trust me on one thing, I use my
terms carefully. That I fully understand the difference between a sport
and a pastime should be clear. As Thomas McIntyre suggests, a pastime
is playing frisbee on the beach or 3 putting the 9th, while true sport
as Ortega y Gasset, the Spanish philospher says, involves homage,
dedication and the death of a wild animal. That it is serious business,
and I quote:

"One does not hunt in order to kill; on the contrary, one kills in
order to have hunted...If one were to present the sportsman with the
death of the animal as a gift he would refuse it. What he is after is
having to win it, to conquer the surly brute through his own effort and
skill with all the extras that this carries with it: the immersion in
the countryside, the healthfulness of the exercise, the distraction
from his job.
Jose Ortega y Gasset, Meditations on Hunting.

Your pal,

TBone
Guilt repolaced the creel